Potato fork



June 12, 1923.

w. TONKE PoTA'Fo FORK ori inal Filed Sept. 22,

Patented June 12, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT" OFFICE,

WILHELM TONKE, or MITTELSTEINE, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR To FIRM: ROEDEBX: 00.,"

- F HANOVER, GERMANY;

POTATO FORK.

Application filed September 22, 1913, Serial No. 791,092. Renewed. .April 7, 1923. i

To all whom it may concern:

peror, residing at iIittelsteine, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in a Potato Fork, of which the following is a specification. r

This invention relates to a fork for shovelling potatoes.

In the accompanying drawings the improved shovel fork is shown seen from above. 1

The fork consists of the usual socket l in which the handle is to be fixed, of a hand bar 2,-of curved prongs 3 which have thickened parts 4. Each prong 3 is provided at the front end with two arms, one arm of each adjacent prong being connected to form a head 5. I

The prongs 3 are of oval cross section and they are reinforced at the part 4' designed to come in contact with the ground.

.I claim l 1. In a potato shovel in combinatioma 2 joining arms of said prong ends being Q united to form V-shaped points.

2. In a potato shovel in combination,a

transverse bar and slightly curved slender prongs extending substantially at right angles to said bar parallel to one another, the

ends ,of said prongs being bifurcated the po1 n ts of bifurcation being reinforced and, ad o1n1ng arms of said prong ends being united to form V-shaped points.

my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

WILHELM TONKE.

Witnesses:

HANS GELLNER, ERNST E'rz.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set 40 

